erl_global

This module provides support for registering, looking
up and unregistering names in the Erlang Global module. For more
information, see the description of Global in the reference manual.

Note that the functions below perform an RPC using an open file
descriptor provided by the caller. This file descriptor must
not be used for other traffic during the global operation or the
function may receive unexpected data and fail.

count is the address of an integer, or NULL. If
count is not NULL, it will be set by the function to
the number of names found.

On success, the function returns an array of strings, each
containing a single registered name, and sets count to
the number of names found. The array is terminated
by a single NULL pointer. On failure, the function returns
NULL and count is not modified.

Note!

It is the caller's responsibility to free the array
afterwards. It has been allocated by the function with a
single call to malloc(), so a single free() is
all that is necessary.

int erl_global_register(fd,name,pid)

int fd;

const char *name;

ETERM *pid;

This function registers a name in Global.

fd is an open descriptor to an Erlang connection.

name is the name to register in Global.

pid is the pid that should be associated with
name. This is the value that Global will return when
processes request the location of name.

The function returns 0 on success, or -1 on failure.

int erl_global_unregister(fd,name)

int fd;

const char *name;

This function unregisters a name from Global.

fd is an open descriptor to an Erlang connection.

name is the name to unregister from Global.

The function returns 0 on success, or -1 on failure.

ETERM * erl_global_whereis(fd,name,node)

int fd;

const char *name;

char *node;

fd is an open descriptor to an Erlang connection.

name is the name that is to be looked up in Global.

If node is not NULL, it is a pointer to a buffer
where the function can fill in the name of the node where
name is found. node can be passed directly to
erl_connect() if necessary.

On success, the function returns an Erlang Pid containing the address
of the given name, and node will be initialized to
the nodename where name is found. On failure NULL will be
returned and node will not be modified.